Out of the misty mountains of Taiwan, one man breaks his fifteen-year meditation cycle to become more than a man… to become… a symbol.
We’ve all heard the story before… crime’s stripped the streets of Gotham bare for as long as anyone can remember. There’s no place for decent hard-working Zergs on the ladder anymore. Not with all these cheesy Terran mobsters taking their “cut” and stealing our women (KERRIGAN NOOOOO!).
They’ve bought off Blizzard and local law enforcement. And just when it looks like we have no where to turn to, a symbol appears… No not some gay flying bat… something much… much… more terrifying…
Sen is kicking ass, taking names, and then circling back around to stomp that ass back into the ground.
I have never seen Terrans so thoroughly butt raped…
When I got cliff dropped on Lost Temple or 5-rax reapered on Blistering Sands, I used to RAGE and break something. Now, I just turn on Sen’s stream and watch as some poor 8 year old Terran tries to bunker rush Sen. Sen just sits the little boy down, gingerly cradles the boy’s cheeks in his hands, tells the boy not to worry, and then *RIIIICKKT* SNAPS THE BOYS FUCKING NEAK IN HALF!!!
People say that Zerg cannot attack until the late game -- and this is a very valid point. Unless you are Sen. This bad ass M***** F***** sends EVERY unit he has as soon as its hatched. Lings, Roaches, Spine Crawlers, Queens, drones, Overlords, go go go! He sends them ALL on a crazy impulse! This guy is a psychopath. I saw him break walls by marching 3 queens and EVERY unit he had across Metalopolis WITHOUT spreading creep and just BUSTED the Terran so wide open it was like watching hardcore porn.
If terrans are turtles, then Sen is a sadistic kid with a Jackhammer. If a game goes into the late game, it is only because Sen decided to let it go into the late game. He will do 3 or 4 attacks before his lair is even up! And once his lair is up… then it just becomes a flying shit-fest.
He is a monster. A homicidal maniac. There are no words that have been used to describe Hitler that haven’t been used to describe Sen’s Swarm (except for incredibly homosexual).
He plays a style of Zerg never before seen in SC2… a style that has only been seen once before on this Earth… dare I say it? Sen is the Jaedong of SC2. But more like if Jaedong dropped some acid before playing. If Jaedong is the pure refined cocaine of aggressive Zergs, then Sen is definitely the volatile street crack that I can’t get enough of.
IdrA claims that his passive macro style is the strongest way to play Zerg, and maybe it is… but when IdrA plays you feel like you saw a good game. When Sen plays you feel like you witnessed a felony. Like you know when a buddy of yours just RAILS a girl from your work/school and he then tells EVERYONE about all the crazy f***ed up details? And then you see that girl again and you just feel bad because she will forever be known as the girl that got railed? That’s how I feel about everyone who loses to Sen.
List of RAILED girls: oGsVical, oGsInca, Every Terran player and their mothers, (feel free to add more, but I can’t remember them all – it was a massacre).
But enough of this “actual analysis” of Sen’s style. Let’s get a little serious and talk about WHY he plays the way he does.
Theory number 1) Sen actually hates SC2. This may sound ricockulous, but I’ve heard from credible sources that Sen thinks the game is shit and wants to end it as fast as possible. If you watch, sometimes he just attacks with 10 roaches into 20 stalkers in the hopes that is opponent will kill him and win, but unfortunately Sen always misclicks and accidentally wins.
(He can’t stop playing or else the Taiwanese government will kill his family).
Theory number 2) The “a” key, the “right click” button, and all of Sen’s rally points are broken, so he is ALWAYS attack-moving with all of his units and soon as they hatch from their larva. Also the “g” button is broken, but no one has noticed because he’s never had to use it.
Theory number 3) Sen is paying for the sins of all us lesser Zergs. Theory 3 is by far the most plausible. Blizzard has long since given up balancing the game and we Zergs must instead address the ZvT problem by fighting “Imba” with “Imba!” We didn’t ask for Sen, but because we stood by and let this happen, Sen has arrived. He’s here because sometimes Zergs deserve more…
And Blizzard will chase him. Call him “Imbalanced.” Sen has raped, destroyed, and crushed all opponents until the Win to Loss ratio of zergs in ZvT has now reached 64.7% through his efforts alone. Blizzard plans to fight back in the next patch by making Planetary Fortresses as mobile as reapers; the starting 6 SCV’s will be replaced by Thors; and the M.U.L.E. call down will also launch a nuke at all enemy base locations. They hope this will be enough to balance the current SenVsTerran situation.
And if it isn’t… they will chase him… and we will chase him… because we have to… because he’s the hero Zergs deserve… but not the one Zergs will get… so we’ll hunt him… because he can take it… because he’s not a hero… he’s a silent guardian… a watchful protector… a Dark Knight.
(Ok. So that didn’t really make sense, but neither did the movie Dark Night. How are people not going to know that Harvey Dent did all that shit? He’s dead… that’s going to take some explaining. Also, why get rid of the machine that lets you know where every bad guy is? You’d think that’d come in handy).
Basically, Sen’s a bad ass. He’s protecting us from fat-cat gangsters, mobsters, cheesers, all-iners, and Morrow.
To quote Day[9] as accurately as I can remember, “Sen is the nicest guy, but he would snap a little bunny’s neck without blinking an eye.” (R.I.P. Manfred)
People say that Zerg cannot attack until the late game -- and this is a very valid point. Unless you are Sen. This bad ass M***** F***** sends EVERY unit he has as soon as its hatched. Lings, Roaches, Spine Crawlers, Queens, drones, Overlords, go go go! He sends them ALL on a crazy impulse! This guy is a psychopath.
THIS IS SO TRUE.
Watching his stream, when he's attacking or defending, it's just like box and go, box and go, box and go. Insane.
On September 02 2010 11:43 Beef Noodles wrote: When I got cliff dropped on Lost Temple or 5-rax reapered on Blistering Sands, I used to RAGE and break something. Now, I just turn on Sen’s stream and watch as some poor 8 year old Terran tries to bunker rush Sen. Sen just sits the little boy down, gingerly cradles the boy’s cheeks in his hands, tells the boy not to worry, and then *RIIIICKKT* SNAPS THE BOYS FUCKING NEAK IN HALF!!!
Blizzard plans to fight back in the next patch by making Planetary Fortresses as mobile as reapers; the starting 6 SCV’s will be replaced by Thors; and the M.U.L.E. call down will also launch a nuke at all enemy base locations.
Sen's play really reminds me of Dimaga's, except Sen is much more baller with his drones. I love the way he exploits every little weakness in the opponent's defenses and makes crisp decisions regarding when to baneling bust/roach bust/zergling all-in.
Now that Sen's joined Fnatic, I hope we see more of him on the competitive stage.
LOL, Sen just became one of my favorite zerg players just from this post (and maybe all the sen-love i hear from you nowadays). I was going to watch that video of him dancing but I knew that if I did, my brain would explode due to the sheer awesomeness. He is everything that terrans secretly fear in a zerg because if we terrans are turtles, and he is a psychotic kid with a jackhammer.. then we're FCKED!! Give me Idra's macro-happy ass any day!!!
On September 02 2010 11:54 roofs wrote: reading this post makes me want to watch sen replays so BADLY
He has some replays lying around, but since a lot of his practice is with oGs guys these days you probably won't find the replays online since oGs has a no-replay-release policy for their practice sessions - ie there was a recent session in which Cella was asking for Sen's replays vs. Ensnare and Ensnare specifically told him no.
The next best thing is to simply watch the VODs from his stream, available here: http://www.justin.tv/synctrim/videos (not all of them are Sen's games; if you see a low APM Protoss playing that's usually the other guy )
These videos do have a lot of the Sen + oGs practice games and gives you a glimpse of how things are done over there.
Sen is absolutely amazing... I've watched him whenever it was possible in the past and he can get away with so much stuff I've never seen happen before.
On September 02 2010 11:43 Beef Noodles wrote: Blizzard plans to fight back in the next patch by making Planetary Fortresses as mobile as reapers; the starting 6 SCV’s will be replaced by Thors; and the M.U.L.E. call down will also launch a nuke at all enemy base locations.
It's 1am here and this made me laugh out loud. Thanks! :D
On September 02 2010 11:43 Beef Noodles wrote: I saw him break walls by marching 3 queens and EVERY unit he had across Metalopolis WITHOUT spreading creep and just BUSTED the Terran so wide open it was like watching hardcore porn.
On top of this, if anyone watches his stream regularly, his music playlist has the most girly chinese music ever. However, I love every single song he plays, but since I can't read chinese, I can't find those songs online. Luckily, I Shazamed the shit out of his stream and got almost his entire playlist now. Now I play Zerg how it's meant to be played, with songs like this in the background.
God these comprehensive looks are amazing. Impressive how many little strands of wit get implemented from several different sources. Definitely keep going with these! One of my favourite things to read on TL!
Blizzard plans to fight back in the next patch by making Planetary Fortresses as mobile as reapers; the starting 6 SCV’s will be replaced by Thors; and the M.U.L.E. call down will also launch a nuke at all enemy base locations.
i wanna see morrow next, i mean you got a write up of the demi-god idra but when someone like morrow beats him on a huge stage i think he deserves a little
On September 03 2010 05:55 Hunch wrote: i wanna see morrow next, i mean you got a write up of the demi-god idra but when someone like morrow beats him on a huge stage i think he deserves a little
Blame Morrow or blame the game, but Morrow's play revolves around exploiting imbalances and gimmicks. If I can say something nice, I will say Morrow is smart. Why play fair in a tournament? Money is on the line, so win at all costs.
But I personally can't stand watching him play. If there is a good Terran out there, it would be Gretorp.
I am still waiting for Sen's first "grandmaster" session, where he plays twenty opponents on twenty computers simultaneously, while constantly hopping from screen to screen and announcing stuff like "GG in 2 minutes" ... Sen rules!
He is a monster. A homicidal maniac. There are no words that have been used to describe Hitler that haven’t been used to describe Sen’s Swarm (except for incredibly homosexual).
i don't know much about high level sc2 games but when i watched a couple of Sen's livestreamed games it reminded me of how zerg was played in BW. every attack was held off with the bare minimum and his counter attacks did way more damage than you'd expect out of 15 zerglings.
also i think people misunderstand what it means to play zerg "passively" it doesnt mean make roaches and lings and sit at your base, it means don't suicide into the terran natural. otherwise, you're expanding and fighting over map control all game.
One of my favorite things to watch when I'm viewing Sen's stream. He'll get two zerglings in a base, and keep those alive for like 3 minutes and kill 5 probes. It sort of reminds me of (at least PVP, not so knowledable on scbw) when the probe would stay alive to scout for 2 mins or so.
Sen and IdrA both have such fantastic control over the game. When they're on the game, they dominate... Watching either of them win just feels like watching them rape kids.
On September 02 2010 11:43 Beef Noodles wrote: When I got cliff dropped on Lost Temple or 5-rax reapered on Blistering Sands, I used to RAGE and break something. Now, I just turn on Sen’s stream and watch as some poor 8 year old Terran tries to bunker rush Sen. Sen just sits the little boy down, gingerly cradles the boy’s cheeks in his hands, tells the boy not to worry, and then *RIIIICKKT* SNAPS THE BOYS FUCKING NEAK IN HALF!!!
On September 02 2010 11:43 Beef Noodles wrote: Theory number 1) Sen actually hates SC2. This may sound ricockulous, but I’ve heard from credible sources that Sen thinks the game is shit and wants to end it as fast as possible. If you watch, sometimes he just attacks with 10 roaches into 20 stalkers in the hopes that is opponent will kill him and win, but unfortunately Sen always misclicks and accidentally wins.
On September 12 2010 17:34 Escapist wrote: As a compliment and a tribute to Sen's quality as a player, heres 2 shoutcasts os 2 recent matches he had agaisnt SoFtBalLRush:
I just got finished watching the TSL Boxer vs Sen, and thought I would give Sen some damn love by bumping this thread made during beta days I believe. If you haven't seen the matchup yet...go see it NOW. Its too good to spoil...
During the games, I would drop my jaw and say "holy shit" and "no fucking way". Sen is like the Chuck Norris of all zerg players. The guy is amazing. Hope Sen fans would appreciate the bump.
Even though Sen lost, he held his own to the very end. I believe most zerg players would have crumbled under all that pressure/harass. I am glad he lost to a great player like Boxer at least. I hope to see Sen alot more. Boxers micro, dropship play, and game sense has drastically improved. It seems Boxers best matchup may be ZvT once again.
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